Complaining will get you no where with this stuff... The advertizers dictate where the ads go and how often they pop up. They are the ones paying, not us, the users. Basically it's out of our hands unless there can be a "walk out" staged where every member gets together and logs off for x number of days to try and make a stand against all the things everyone is complaining about. If they realize that the ads are truely driving members away, then maybe they will start thinking twice about it. But I highly doubt it...

I'm a member of a few other non-lawn care forums as well, and the ads on those sites are INSANE compared to here. Huge ads that are placed between every 2 or 3 posts, the whole front page is ads, you have to scroll way down just to get to the forums... BUT, they have the option to PAY for a "membership" which then makes a lot of those ads dissapear.

While your at it could someone tell turf mag. to stop calling to update my info.

Oh don't even get me started on all of these "Free" magazines. 90% of them I never asked for, yet I get at least a dozen different publications a month. All of them have to call, multiple times a year to "update their information". The calls come from FOREGINERS usually, that half the time I can barely understand, usually they barely even know what magazine their calling about. I hang up on them most of the time. If I'm in ther mood I'll tell them to CANCEL my subscription and stop calling me.

Oh don't even get me started on all of these "Free" magazines. 90% of them I never asked for, yet I get at least a dozen different publications a month. All of them have to call, multiple times a year to "update their information". The calls come from FOREGINERS usually, that half the time I can barely understand, usually they barely even know what magazine their calling about. I hang up on them most of the time. If I'm in ther mood I'll tell them to CANCEL my subscription and stop calling me.

Actually, I receive a couple very useful trade magazines, Turf NOT being one of value.

There is a good reason for the updates (once-a-year). The magazine's ad rates are based on the circulation numbers. With paid subscriptions, there are professional auditing companies that certify subscriptions. The free-subscriptions have to be documented in other ways e.g. surveying those on the mailing list.

Actually, I receive a couple very useful trade magazines, Turf NOT being one of value.

There is a good reason for the updates (once-a-year). The magazine's ad rates are based on the circulation numbers. With paid subscriptions, there are professional auditing companies that certify subscriptions. The free-subscriptions have to be documented in other ways e.g. surveying those on the mailing list.

Great you can have yours and mine too. I don't mind the mags I just don't want the phone calls.